in the tri-cities or the evergreen school district in southwest washington or in highline, the aviation high- school. they are reinventing the way that education works. they are getting a new generation of young students to care passionately about those key sectors. we need to have skilled workers in. if i am going. i'm going to keep pushing for that innovation, but i am not going to support ideas of the wry and budget, which my opponent does, that would cut pell grant education. we need more people: 24-year decrease. we need it 2-year degrees as well, but we need to make college more affordable, and i think this is a key difference. >> mitt romney says that he likes big bird but he would fire him. according to him, of public broadcasting as an expense that we could live without. tell us now, as you are being watched and listened to on public television and radio stations, where do you stand on funding for public broadcasting? is it a waste or is it worth it? senator cantwell? >> one of the reasons why we wanted to do this is because of what public television represents and the fact thi